Jodi Whitehurst

Every time I am asked to write about myself, I am bewildered. How do I answer the question: "Who am I?" How do I untangle myself and put it into words? Perhaps this is the reason I created She is Deep Water. I think many women look at their pieced together selves and wonder at this same question: "Who am I?" 

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I have often thought the best analogy to understanding myself is a quilt. I am mismatched fabric stitched together into one name. Nothing matches: I love Jane Austen, and I love Mahalia Jackson. I enjoy discussing ideas with my college writing students, and I enjoy playing in the floor with toddlers. I am timid with some audiences and take the stage boldly with others. I need quiet reflection, but I crave loyal companions. I am weak. I am strong. I am quiet. I am loud. I am timid. I am brave. I am an enigma, but God loves me. She is Deep Water is for those perplexing women like me living in God's grace.

Of all I am, I am certain of these:  I am pursuing Christ. I have a loving husband. I have three beautiful, gifted children. I am me.